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Her family had previously said that they wonder if there might have been a different outcome if their daughter had received a more thorough examination during their first visit on Feb. 6.

“We want her back,” said mother Balraj Gill. “We miss her so much.”

Balraj Gill holds the toys from her three-year-old daughter Nimrat, after she died of pneumonia on Feb. 7, 2017.Gerry Kahrmann /
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On the evening of Feb. 5, Gill said her daughter began coughing and had trouble sleeping. When her husband returned home from work after midnight, the couple decided to take Nimrat to Abbotsford Hospital, just five minutes from their home.

Fraser Health spokeswoman Tasleem Juma said last week that the health authority was conducting a patient safety review of the care provided to the child and the cause of death.

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